Category: Stories

When I proposed to my wife, I wasn’t sure I loved her. We had been together for a little over a year and gotten to know each other pretty well. I enjoyed spending time with Jenny, but did I really truly madly love her? In hindsight, I probably rushed into proposing to her, but at […]

In 2006, my girlfriend and I were driving back from a skiing trip. During the car ride we dreamed aloud how it would be fun to live in a foreign country one day. In hindsight, I was probably just agreeing with her to sound equally impressive with grandiose plans for the future. The next day, […]

Growing up, I loved video games. Probably not in a 2018 sense where kids spend 23 hours out of the day playing Red Dead Redemption 2, Metal Gear Survive or God of War (this list courtesy of the google). If my 9-year-old self had his way, I would have spent every waking hour burning my […]

After graduating college, I have worked for 5 companies. 2 of these companies have fired me. Thus, 40% of my previous employers like to end my employment with them by kicking my ass to the curb. Ouch. I feel for anyone who loses their job. It’s not fun feeling unwanted. For those of you who […]

If you’re thinking about proposing to someone in 2018, take it from a guy who has been married for close to 10 years…don’t. I mean, don’t forget the ring. And when I say “ring”, I don’t mean the shiny thing with a freaking huge diamond from some jewelry store you will never visit again, I […]

Growing up, Christmas in my house was no joke. Mom has a Santa collection the Smithsonian would be envious of and she worked harder than Mrs. Claus to make sure my brother and I had an ideal holiday. She busted her tail to wrap our presents just right, baked multiple types of cookies to decorate […]

You hear a lot of stories about the suburbs being too “cookie cutter” or lacking culture or just being downright boring. However, that’s usually talk coming from “sophisticated” adults or a college kid back from fall break. Give a latch key kid time away from Mom and Dad, a Diamondback BMX bike, and a couple […]

I love trying new things, especially those around nutrition, fitness, or adventure experiences. There’s nothing better than getting a new idea in my head and fantasizing about how that idea is going to exponentially change my life for the better. Usually the changes never live up to the expectation I set, but they’re fun to […]

It’s hard to talk about San Diego without talking about the weather – it’s perfect. We initially thought to spend 2-3 days here, but decided on 7. Taking it easy, we continued to knock off the travel fatigue by way of pool time, Mexican food consumption, and workouts on the beach. Switching it up a […]

If you have read the “about” section of this blog, you’ll see that I joke about getting eaten by a grizzly. Not having many big bears back home, we knew it was a possibility we could run into such a creature on this trip. After seeing a small grizzly in the Grand Tetons (from the […]

Leaving Banff was hard. You can spend a month there and touch very little of all the amazing trails, bodies of water, mountains and sights that the area has to offer. With that said, we were excited to get Tin E back in the shop in Spokane, fix the water tank and finally enjoy the […]

I’ve done some things in my life that many people would consider adventurous, such as jumping out of a plane, climbing Mount Blanc or mountain biking in Moab. However, without question, the most adventurous thing I have ever done in my life is riding in the Silver Bullet with my family back in the 80’s. […]